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Issa Diop - Achraf Hakimi - Yassine Bounou - Brahim Diaz - Morocco’s Hakimi among 9 picked for World Cup returning from historic 2022 squad - arabnews.com - Qatar - France - Belgium - Croatia - Spain - Portugal - Scotland - Brazil - Usa - Senegal - Morocco - state New Jersey - Haiti - state Massachusets

Morocco’s Hakimi among 9 picked for World Cup returning from historic 2022 squad

RABAT: Paris Saint-Germain standout Achraf Hakimi was among nine players from Morocco’s history-making 2022 World Cup squad picked Tuesday for the 2026 tournament in North America. Morocco coach Mohamed Ouahbi, who was hired only in March, drew heavily on the country’s diaspora in Europe where the majority of the 26 players he selected were born. Ouahbi was himself born in Belgium while Hakimi and Real Madrid forward Brahim Diaz are among five players in the squad born in Spain and whose family ties make them eligible for Morocco. Three of Morocco’s squad — Fulham defender Issa Diop, PSV Eindhoven defender Anass Salah-Eddine and 18-year-old Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi — had their change of national eligibility approved by FIFA in the past nine months. Diaz has played for Morocco since 2024 after previously representing Spain. Morocco will be based in New Jersey where they open against Brazil on June 13 in East Rutherford. Morocco then play Scotland in Massachusetts and finish Group C against Haiti on June 24 in Atlanta.

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Christian Pulisic - Mauricio Pochettino - Weston Mackennie - Gio Reyna - USMNT announces 26-man squad for home World Cup - arabnews.com - Usa - Washington - New York - county Christian - county Tyler - county Salt Lake

USMNT announces 26-man squad for home World Cup

WASHINGTON: After years of buildup and months ‌of conjecture, the 26-man United States roster for this summer’s home World Cup was unveiled Tuesday on Fox at an event in New York. As expected, the roster put together by announced by manager Mauricio Pochettino is anchored by a number of longtime American standouts playing in Europe in AC Milan forward Christian Pulisic, Bournemouth midfielder Tyler Adams and Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie. There were plenty of uncertainties, though, about the roster ‌heading into Tuesday’s ‌announcement. Most notably, 23-year-old midfielder Gio Reyna ‌has ⁠made the roster ⁠for his second World Cup despite not making a start for the USMNT since last December. That inclusion likely came over Lyon midfielder Tanner Tessmann, who was left off the roster even though he’s expected to recover from the muscle strain he’s been sidelined by ⁠before the World Cup begins next ‌month. Another somewhat surprising roster ‌addition was 28-year-old midfielder Alejandro Zendejas, who likely beat out ‌Real Salt Lake midfielder Diego Luna for the spot. The ‌United States squad ranks 16th in the current FIFA/Coca Cola World Ranking.

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After AFCON drama, Morocco head to World Cup with big ambitions

PARIS, France: Morocco produced a historic best performance for an African and Arab nation at the 2022 World Cup, but their hopes of another run to the latter stages this time may not have been helped by a turbulent few months. The Atlas Lions reached the semifinals in Qatar, eliminating Spain on penalties in the last 16 and knocking out Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal in the quarter-finals. Their remarkable run ended in defeat to France, before they lost the third-place play-off against Croatia. Morocco were a surprise package then, having only previously made the knockout stage of a World Cup once, when they reached the last 16 in Mexico in 1986. This time is different: they are ranked eighth in the world, in between the Netherlands and Belgium, and two places above Germany. At home, supporters want to see their side play more expansive football than the largely defensive style which proved so effective in 2022. Walid Regragui was the mastermind of Morocco’s run in Qatar, but he left the coaching job in March, six weeks after his side lost a chaotic Africa Cup of Nations final to Senegal. With home advantage, Morocco were favorites to win that competition but appeared to blow it when Brahim Diaz — their outstanding performer — failed to score a penalty deep in injury time in the final in Rabat. Senegal were so furious at the decision to give the spot-kick that most of their players stormed off the pitch. They eventually came back on, an unsettled Diaz had his kick saved, and Morocco lost 1-0 in extra time. Having faced criticism from a demanding public and media, Regragui departed to be replaced by Mohamed Ouahbi. Born and raised in Brussels, Ouahbi was promoted to the top coaching role after overseeing Morocco’s triumph

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Mexico’s president sees ‘no issue’ with her country hosting Iran’s World Cup team during tournament - arabnews.com - Belgium - Usa - Mexico - Egypt - New Zealand - Iran - state Arizona - Israel - state California - county San Diego

Mexico’s president sees ‘no issue’ with her country hosting Iran’s World Cup team during tournament

MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that she has “no issue” with her country hosting Iran’s World Cup team after its training base was moved from the United States to Mexico for the summer soccer competition.

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DR Congo stick to pre-World Cup plan to meet Denmark, Chile in friendlies - arabnews.com - Belgium - Denmark - Spain - Portugal - Colombia - Usa - Mexico - Uzbekistan - Chile - Congo - Central African Republic

DR Congo stick to pre-World Cup plan to meet Denmark, Chile in friendlies

KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of Congo have ‌no plans to change their warm-up preparations for the World Cup despite a warning from the United States that the team must isolate for 21 days before arriving in the country, a team official said on Saturday. Andrew Giuliani, executive director of the White House Task Force for the World Cup, confirmed to ESPN on Friday that the Congolese delegation needed to maintain a bubble where they are training in Belgium and isolate for 21 days or risk being denied entry after a deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus in the central African country. The Congolese team are to be based ‌in Houston at ‌the tournament and will play an opening Group ‌K ⁠fixture against Portugal ⁠on June 17, followed by matches against Colombia on June 23 in Guadalajara, Mexico, and against Uzbekistan on June 27 in Atlanta. “We’ve been very clear to Congo that they should maintain the integrity of their bubble for 21 days before they can then come to Houston on June 11,” Giuliani said. “We’ve made it very clear to the Congo government as well that ⁠they need to maintain that bubble or they risk ‌not being able to travel to the ‌United States. We cannot be any clearer.” But a team spokesperson said that at this ‌stage there was no change to their schedule in the coming ‌weeks, which includes a friendly against Denmark in Liege, Belgium, on June 3 and another against Chile in Cadiz, Spain, six days later. The team had planned a three-day trip to Kinshasa next week as a celebratory send-off before heading to ‌their first World Cup in 52 years but that was canceled before the US warning. “We have kept our ⁠training program.

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Mehdi Taj - Iran to base World Cup camp in Mexico after switch from Arizona - arabnews.com - Belgium - Usa - Mexico - Canada - Egypt - Washington - Iran - Los Angeles - state Arizona

Iran to base World Cup camp in Mexico after switch from Arizona

WASHINGTON: Iran will base their ‌squad in the Mexican border city of Tijuana during this year’s World Cup after soccer’s world governing body FIFA approved a request to move the training camp from Arizona, the head of Iran’s football federation said on Saturday. “We will be based in the Tijuana camp, which is near the Pacific Ocean and on the border between Mexico and the United States,” Iran’s soccer ‌federation President Mehdi ‌Taj said in a video ‌posted ⁠on its Telegram ⁠social media account. Taj added that the move would help avoid visa-related complications and that the squad would be able to travel directly to Mexico aboard Iran Air flights. FIFA did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Iran will play ⁠their first two Group G matches in ‌Los Angeles, against New ‌Zealand on June 15 and Belgium on June 21, ‌before facing Egypt in Seattle on June ‌26. “The total distance between us and the venue of our games in Los Angeles is 55 minutes by flight,” Taj said, adding that Tijuana was closer ‌to their match venues than the team’s previously planned camp in Arizona. Iran has ⁠faced ⁠uncertainty for months over travel and security arrangements for the World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. Iranian officials said this month that their players and staff had yet to receive US visas less than a month before the start of the tournament. Taj said FIFA had been asked for guarantees over visas, security and the treatment of the Iranian delegation. The World Cup runs from June 11 to July 19.

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Lionel Scaloni - Gonzalo Montiel - Carlos Moyá - Lionel Scaloni remains calm and cool as Argentina prepare to defend their World Cup title - arabnews.com - France - Spain - Usa - Argentina

Lionel Scaloni remains calm and cool as Argentina prepare to defend their World Cup title

BUENOS AIRES: The image is still remarkable. Lionel Scaloni standing impassively on the sidelines after Gonzalo Montiel scored the decisive penalty in the final of the 2022 World Cup, giving Argentina their third star with a victory over France. The coach didn’t celebrate at first, remaining still, silent, as if oblivious to the feat he himself had helped to accomplish. Several minutes later, he broke down when one of his players approached him, hugged him, and whispered: “We are world champions.” Scaloni almost never loses his cool.

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Brazil police seize counterfeit World Cup jerseys, stickers - arabnews.com - Brazil

Brazil police seize counterfeit World Cup jerseys, stickers

RIO DE JANIERO: Police in football-mad Brazil seized World Cup contraband including counterfeit jerseys and some 200,000 Panini stickers in Rio de Janeiro, authorities said Friday. Images published by the police show piles of Panini World Cup album stickers stacked on a table, as well as a collection of counterfeit Brazil national team jerseys bearing the number 10. Officials discovered the contraband on Thursday night in a bus in Nova Iguacu on the northern outskirts of Rio, police said in a statement. “All the seized material will be subjected to forensic analysis and will subsequently be destroyed,” the statement read. “The investigation is still underway to identify those responsible for the manufacture and distribution of the counterfeit goods,” it added. Brazil is the only nation to have won the World Cup five times — more than any other team. Panini soccer stickers, which are collected and pasted into a World Cup album, are hugely popular among Brazilians during every tournament.

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